Two Go Beer Mad in Melbourne. Day Two.

Day two and we went for a wander up to Little Creatures Dining Hall in Fitzroy. It’s a cool comfy place with couches for those who want to laze, and booths for those who don’t want to fall asleep. We opted for the retro styled comfy couches, in front of a coffee table, some hot chips and a few pints of great draught beer.

#8 - Little Creatures Pale Ale (Draught) - 5.2%ABV

Although it's easily available here in Auckland, I thought I better begin with LC’s mainstay while I was lounging around in LC’s dining hall. Little Creatures Pale Ale is a medium straw with lots of activity in the glass once poured. It has a sweet mandarin aroma but for some reason it has always reminded me a little of Sunlight soap bars - in a warming, nostalgic way -  not in flavour. Really lively bite with every mouthful, the pale malt flavours are balanced with some hop complexity - bitterness, flavour and aroma. A nice drop.

#9 - Little Creatures Pilsner (Draught) - 4.6%ABV

Pours bright gold with lots of straw-like aroma, a little yeast and nice pale malt. Crisp on the palette very refreshing. There’s a subdued cidery flavour that comes with a little lasting bitterness

(I know the glass says Pale Ale but it's the Pilsner)

#10 - Rogers Amber Ale (Draught) - 3.8%ABV

A light amber colour with a soft, bright white creamy head. Passion fruit on the nose, almost some berry-like fruitiness, medium body, lots of hop flavor and a little subdued malt sweetness.

#11 - Little Creatures Bright Ale (Draught) - 4.5%ABV

True to its name, LC’s Bright Ale is bright golden in hue; slightly lighter than their pale ale. There's more passion fruit on the palate and less hop bite than LCPA. It's a refreshingly light drop that delivers plenty of summery flavours. Kind of like sticking your nose into a can of fruit salad. A bit of bitterness at the end but that is quickly replaced with the next mouthful of sweet, crisp, clean ale. Yum.

#12- Little Creatures Single Batch EKG (Draught) - ?.?%ABV

I didn’t catch the ABV of LC’s Single Batch East Kent Goldings. This English style bitter is a dark straw with a thin white head. Some hop aroma, malt sweetness, subtle clove and grassiness on the nose. EKG has a big bite of English hopped carbonation with each mouthful. There’s a lingering bitterness might be a touch of cloves grassiness. A bit livelier than a classic ESB but tasty all the same.